Apple's statement is the death knell for the idea that it's possible to scan everyone's comms AND preserve privacy.
Apple has many of the best cryptographers + software eng on earth + infinite $.
If they can't, no one can. (They can't. No one can.)
https://www.wired.com/story/apple-csam-scanning-heat-initiative-letter/
Meredith Whittaker /
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2023-09-02 19:53:04
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